Chemical composition, olfactory evaluation and antioxidant effects of an essential oil of Thymus vulgaris L. from Germany

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1047-1050

  Stoilova, Ivanka ^a   Bail, Stefanie ^b   Buchbauer, Gerhard ^b   Krastanov, Albert ^a   Stoyanova, Albena ^a   Schmidt, Erich ^c   Jirovetz, Leopold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Kurt Kitzing Co   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant effects; Chemical composition; Olfactory evaluation; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BUTYLCRESOL; CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERRIC ION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LINALOOL; LINOLEIC ACID; PARA CYMENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; TERPINENE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THYMOL; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AROMA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; IC 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; THYME;

THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77953966833     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300703     Document Type: Article

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